The next astronaut moon spacecraft felt the power this week. Powering Orion on was a big moment for the team that meticulously joined the American-made crew module and European Service Module (ESM) ...

After two years of non-stop work at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida, and a trip to Plum Brook, Ohio, for testing, the next human-rated spacecraft to head to the Moon in over half a century is ...

The European-built Service Module (ESM) for NASA’s Artemis II mission is shown in a work stand inside the high bay of the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space ...

In about two years' time humanity will return to the surface of the Moon, as NASA will begin the Artemis III mission. That may seem like way into the future, and for most things, it is. But when when ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed a further contract with Airbus for the construction of three more European Service Modules (ESM) for Orion, the American crewed spacecraft for the Artemis ...

Hardware is on the move for future NASA moon missions with astronauts. Big pieces for both Artemis 2 and Artemis 3 hit the road in recent weeks as the missions, now set for 2025 and 2026, respectively ...

Artemis II will send astronauts around the moon in February-April 2026, marking NASA’s first crewed lunar mission in 53 years ...

NASA's first moon spacecraft for astronauts in 50 years is coming together. The Orion spacecraft for Artemis 2, set to fly around the moon in 2024 with a crew of four, saw its crew and service modules ...

BREMEN, Germany — A German astronaut will be the first European to fly to the moon with a future NASA-led Artemis mission, the European Space Agency's (ESA) Director General Josef Aschbacher said at ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — NASA’s Artemis II crew got a first look at the Orion spacecraft that will take them for an orbit around the moon. On Tuesday, NASA astronauts commander Gregory Reid Wiseman, ...

Sail! Before flying to the moon, the rocket and spacecraft pieces will ship over water. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Hardware ...